diff --git a/cli/src/cmd/deploy.js b/cli/src/cmd/deploy.js
index bf530d47..d65da86c 100644
--- a/cli/src/cmd/deploy.js
+++ b/cli/src/cmd/deploy.js
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ import { getIExecDebug } from '../utils/iexec.js';
 import { goToProjectRoot } from '../cli-helpers/goToProjectRoot.js';
 import * as color from '../cli-helpers/color.js';
 import { hintBox } from '../cli-helpers/box.js';
+import { createAbortSignal } from '../utils/abortController.js';
 
 export async function deploy() {
   const spinner = getSpinner();
+  const abortSignal = createAbortSignal();
+  abortSignal.addEventListener('abort', async () => {
+    throw Error('Execution aborted');
+  });
   try {
     await goToProjectRoot({ spinner });
     const dockerhubUsername = await askForDockerhubUsername({ spinner });
diff --git a/cli/src/execDocker/docker.js b/cli/src/execDocker/docker.js
index c7815f25..dd1392b6 100644
--- a/cli/src/execDocker/docker.js
+++ b/cli/src/execDocker/docker.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Docker from 'dockerode';
 import os from 'os';
+import { createAbortSignal } from '../utils/abortController.js';
 
 const docker = new Docker();
 
@@ -31,71 +32,88 @@ export async function dockerBuild({
   if (osType === 'Darwin' && isForTest) {
     platform = 'linux/arm64';
   }
-
+  const abortSignal = createAbortSignal();
   // Perform the Docker build operation
   const buildImageStream = await docker.buildImage(buildArgs, {
     t: tag,
     platform,
     pull: true, // docker store does not support multi platform image, this can cause issues when switching build target platform, pulling ensures the right image is used
+    abortSignal,
   });
 
-  const imageId = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    docker.modem.followProgress(buildImageStream, onFinished, onProgress);
-
-    function onFinished(err, output) {
-      /**
-       * expected output format for image id
-       * ```
-       *   {
-       *    aux: {
-       *      ID: 'sha256:e994101ce877e9b42f31f1508e11bbeb8fa5096a1fb2d0c650a6a26797b1906b'
-       *    }
-       *  },
-       * ```
-       */
-      const builtImageId = output?.find((row) => row?.aux?.ID)?.aux?.ID;
+  let imageId = null;
 
-      /**
-       * 3 kind of error possible, we want to catch each of them:
-       * - stream error
-       * - build error
-       * - no image id (should not happen)
-       *
-       * expected output format for build error
-       * ```
-       *   {
-       *     errorDetail: {
-       *       code: 1,
-       *       message: "The command '/bin/sh -c npm ci' returned a non-zero code: 1"
-       *     },
-       *     error: "The command '/bin/sh -c npm ci' returned a non-zero code: 1"
-       *   }
-       * ```
-       */
-      const errorOrErrorMessage =
-        err || // stream error
-        output.find((row) => row?.error)?.error || // build error message
-        (!builtImageId && 'Failed to retrieve generated image ID'); // no image id -> error message
+  try {
+    const imageId = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      // Handle abort signal
+      if (abortSignal) {
+        abortSignal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+          buildImageStream.destroy();
+          reject(new Error('Docker build aborted'));
+        });
+      }
 
-      if (errorOrErrorMessage) {
-        const error =
-          errorOrErrorMessage instanceof Error
-            ? errorOrErrorMessage
-            : Error(errorOrErrorMessage);
-        reject(error);
-      } else {
-        resolve(builtImageId);
+      docker.modem.followProgress(buildImageStream, onFinished, onProgress);
+
+      function onFinished(err, output) {
+        /**
+         * expected output format for image id
+         * ```
+         *   {
+         *    aux: {
+         *      ID: 'sha256:e994101ce877e9b42f31f1508e11bbeb8fa5096a1fb2d0c650a6a26797b1906b'
+         *    }
+         *  },
+         * ```
+         */
+        const builtImageId = output?.find((row) => row?.aux?.ID)?.aux?.ID;
+
+        /**
+         * 3 kind of error possible, we want to catch each of them:
+         * - stream error
+         * - build error
+         * - no image id (should not happen)
+         *
+         * expected output format for build error
+         * ```
+         *   {
+         *     errorDetail: {
+         *       code: 1,
+         *       message: "The command '/bin/sh -c npm ci' returned a non-zero code: 1"
+         *     },
+         *     error: "The command '/bin/sh -c npm ci' returned a non-zero code: 1"
+         *   }
+         * ```
+         */
+        const errorOrErrorMessage =
+          err || // stream error
+          output.find((row) => row?.error)?.error || // build error message
+          (!builtImageId && 'Failed to retrieve generated image ID'); // no image id -> error message
+
+        if (errorOrErrorMessage) {
+          const error =
+            errorOrErrorMessage instanceof Error
+              ? errorOrErrorMessage
+              : Error(errorOrErrorMessage);
+          reject(error);
+        } else {
+          resolve(builtImageId);
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    function onProgress(event) {
-      if (event?.stream) {
-        progressCallback(event.stream);
+      function onProgress(event) {
+        if (event?.stream) {
+          progressCallback(event.stream);
+        }
       }
+    });
+    return imageId;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (imageId) {
+      await docker.getImage(imageId).remove();
     }
-  });
-
-  return imageId;
+    throw error;
+  }
 }
 
 // Function to push a Docker image
@@ -109,15 +127,24 @@ export async function pushDockerImage({
     throw new Error('Missing DockerHub credentials.');
   }
   const dockerImage = docker.getImage(tag);
+  const abortSignal = createAbortSignal();
 
   const imagePushStream = await dockerImage.push({
     authconfig: {
       username: dockerhubUsername,
       password: dockerhubAccessToken,
     },
+    abortSignal,
   });
-
   await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    // Handle abort signal
+    if (abortSignal) {
+      abortSignal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+        imagePushStream.destroy();
+        reject(new Error('Docker push aborted'));
+      });
+    }
+
     docker.modem.followProgress(imagePushStream, onFinished, onProgress);
 
     function onFinished(err, output) {
@@ -166,6 +193,7 @@ export async function runDockerContainer({
   memory = undefined,
   logsCallback = () => {},
 }) {
+  const abortSignal = createAbortSignal();
   const container = await docker.createContainer({
     Image: image,
     Cmd: cmd,
@@ -175,10 +203,18 @@ export async function runDockerContainer({
       Memory: memory,
     },
     Env: env,
+    abortSignal,
   });
 
+  // Handle abort signal
+  if (abortSignal) {
+    abortSignal.addEventListener('abort', async () => {
+      await container.kill();
+      logsCallback('Container execution aborted');
+    });
+  }
+
   // Start the container
-  // TODO we should handle abort signal to stop the container and avoid containers running after command is interrupted
   await container.start();
 
   // get the logs stream
diff --git a/cli/src/utils/abortController.js b/cli/src/utils/abortController.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e433ec95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/utils/abortController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export function createAbortSignal() {
+  const abortController = new AbortController();
+  const { signal: signalAbort } = abortController;
+  const handleAbort = () => {
+    abortController.abort();
+    process.off('SIGINT', handleAbort);
+  };
+  process.on('SIGINT', handleAbort);
+  return signalAbort;
+}